Monday, November 2, 2015

Soon to Depart

     Currently living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Our plan is to re-locate to Ecuador because of the cost of living and the great weather that it has to offer.
     We recently sold our home in Calgary well below city assessment as the economy took a dive in 2015. We spent months boxing up all of what we want to take with us. We have put it in storage where it will remain until we have selected a property that we are content with. We have collected a lot of art over the years and we would hate to leave it behind. These are some photos that I took of our home while it was listed for sale.

                                          A shot of the back of the house

                                          This is one of the house looking west along the boulevard


                                          Looking south west at the house

                                          A little of the back yard

                                          This is the west side of the yard which includes the waterfall

                                          The waterfall

                                          The path between the garages

                                          The bridge over the waterfall

                                          The bridge over the stream

                                          The back patio

                                          The door to the bar

                                          The backyard and teahouse



                                          The view from the teahouse


                                          Looking at the fire pit patio from the teahouse

                                          The front entrance

                                          Looking at the hallway, stairwell to the walkout basement and the laundry                                             room.

                                          The laundry room - I will miss those new appliances.

                                          The walk though pantry. Kitchen is on the other side.

                                          The den - my favorite hangout.

                                          The dining room

                                          The kitchen

                                          The deck

                                          The master bedroom view

                                          Our bedroom retreat

                                          The ensuite

                                          The view from the retreat in the master bedroom

                                          Amazing what you can do with 30' x 50'

                                          The bar

We will miss this place. I thoroughly loved it along with the neighbors. Not sure if we will ever be so lucky as to have neighbors that felt like family.
We moved out on December 30th and are now camped out at our daughters until we get all of our paperwork completed for our visa for Ecuador.

     I plan to update my blog throughout the process and add photos, stories and videos of the trip as I go along.